OC Weekly kicks major ass in SoCal press club award nominations (Updated) (Navel Gazing)

I knew we'd build on last year...and we have.

Congratulations to all this year's nominees:

Journalist of the Year, PRINT (Under 100,000 circulation)
REPORTER, COLUMNIST OR EDITOR: Scott Moxley, OC Weekly

News Feature, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Nick Schou, OC Weekly, “Just a Random Female.”

Columnist, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly, "Ask A Mexican"

Signed Commentary, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Luke Y. Thompson, O.C. Weekly, "Fight Club."

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS/CRITICISM/COLUMN, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Luke Y. Thompson, OC Weekly, “Rock’em, Sock’em”

ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Derek Olson, OC Weekly, “Chicken Babies, Bondage Nights and Severed Monkey Heads”

SPORTS, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Under 100,000 circulation: Daffodil J. Alton, OC Weekly, “Ronny”

WEBLOG - GROUP: Janine Kahn/OC Weekly Staff, OC Weekly, "Navel Gazing" Blog 9-20-21

Complete list of nominees will soon be up here. Winners to be announced June 21st.

We are all awesome. Literally every one of our staff writers is nominated.

Note to Daffodil -- in case you win, make sure they know how to spell your surname correctly.

[UPDATE 5-21-08: The complete list of finalists is now online]